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If you were stuck on a desert island

Posted by burn2shine on Jul 16, 2001 at 07:22 PM

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A question that is a lot deeper than most people think, "If you only had 5 CDs on a desert island, which would they be?" can reveal a lot about a person. So rather than give you one of my long winded articles about why this is, I will just tell you my favorite 5 albums and why and you can respond with your own favorites and thoughts. So it's a group article. Now I will shut up and start listing.

1. They Might Be Giants - Flood

Quirky, fun and a total imbodiment of what TMBG is all about, this is an indispensable album to own if you even like the band remotely. Songs like "Birdhouse in your Soul" and "Twistin" are true gems on an album that is littered with tremendous songs. And to think that I picked this up for only $4 in a used CD store...

2. Less Than Jake - Losing Streak

My first intro into ska music and by far my absolute favorite of the genre. Filled with lyrics that bite but are still intelligent, a kicking horn section and just long enough of a running time to make it the perfect CD before a date or class, Losing Streak stands as a pinnacle of third wave ska from a band who proved their worth with this, their first studio album. "Automatic" and "Rock & Roll Pizzaria" feature great lyrics and some of the best trumpet and horn work I've heard in almost any wave of ska and make this album great and one you can never tire of.

3. Weezer - Self Titled (The Blue Album)

I bought this CD way back in 1994 for "Buddy Holly" and then put it aside after a while. It was only last year that I found it again and gave it a listen and realized how much I had missed out on. A rediscovery of the band made me appreciate the early days of alternative rock. Poppy, catchy, but still meaningful and with a lot of heart, this is an album that any fan of true rock shouldn't miss. Great guitar solos and haunting lyrics ("Only in Dreams" still sends chills down my spine) turned the Blue Album into a legendary one, that just begs to be played at full volume while you are driving down the road in the summer time.

4. Aimee Mann - Bachelor No. 2

Her mellow and haunting voice underscored "Magnolia" and I went searching for her ever since I saw the movie. What I found was her latest CD, and it was incredible. Mann is poigant, witty and captures a lot of deeper feelings in a simple 3 minute song. "Ghost town" is the ultimate song and even some of the stuff from Magnolia is on the album which gives it a very nice touch. With all the other guy alternative rockers out there, it's nice to hear from a female now and again.

5. Rage Against The Machine - Self Titled

Angry, fierce and deep on many, many levels, this is probably Rage's best work to date. And given that they have disbanded, it will remain as their best work I'm sure. With such an explosive debut CD like this one, Rage proved that rock could still have meaning and that it didn't have to be about love and girls. Tracks like "Killing in the name of" and "Wake Up" speak of so many important social and political issues that to list them all would require a whole new column itself. If you are ever looking for something more alternative than Creed (yes, people call this festering pile of puke called a band "alternative") than this is a great CD to get into Rage Against The Machine.

That's it, summed up neatly. It was tough to come up with this list, because I have a lot of CDs that are incredibly good but I don't know if I'd want them as one of my only 5 (RHCP Californication ALMOST made this list). I'm curious to see what other KungFoo-ers pick as their favorites, or feel towards mine. Comments anyone?

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crazydiamond spoke on Jul 17, 2001 at 08:39 PM

1. Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon.
2. Ben Folds Five- Whatever and Ever, Amen.
3. Belle and Sebastian- Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant.
4. Fiona Apple- Tidal.
5. Weezer- the blue album.

These records are the soundtrack of my life.

AquaVelvet spoke on Jul 17, 2001 at 11:15 PM

1. U2 - Boy

2. Vangelis - Themes

3. Big Audio Dynamite - Megatop Phoenix

4. Moby - Play

5. Dances With Wolves - Soundtrack

This is just off the top of my head. With almost 600 CDs and several thousand more mp3s, I figured I would go with a gut reaction instead of long hours of thought. And I discovered that this is the right approach anyway, because all of these are based on how they make me feel. Some were listened to over and over while reading a particular book, so they've become soundtracks to all the emotions stirred up while immersed in a story. "Dances with Wolves" and BAD are both instances of that. I was introduced to the U2 title the first time I visited Panama City Beach in high school. It is permanently equated with anything having to do with the Gulf Coast of Florida and tropical feeling islands in general. Vangelis is just one of the finest emotive musicians around, and "Themes" was the very first CD I owned. "Play" is the most recent title, but it reminds me of last summer, which was a very cool time for me, and the music, which reached over-saturation in many places, is still very good. Especially now that it has retreated from popular view now. And that's my list.

RickySilk spoke on Jul 18, 2001 at 04:01 PM

I would want something from several different genres. Let's see..

1. The Cure - Disintegration
I really like this album and know the crabs will appreciate it too.

2. The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs
I think it's the best one out and since I won't be getting any action on the island I can gain strength from Morrisey knowing he's been abstinent for years.

3. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Gotta have some to get me pumped up to go out and spear some fish.

4. Moby - Ambient
Just for chilling out as the sun goes down, trying to get my groove on with a coconut.

5. Bob Marley - Natural Mystic
Very nice. Very nice. Something the monkeys and I can dance around to.

Bella1911 spoke on Jul 19, 2001 at 09:25 PM

Pink Floyd: Pulse tour

This great mix that a friend made me (I live and die by it)

Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes

The forrest gump soundtrack

and , believe it or not, one of my sister' spice girls cds -- it actually makes me smile.

However, if my choice of things to bring to adesert island had a range, I go with a musically talented cabana boy.

fruiteepants spoke on Jul 20, 2001 at 02:49 PM

selections (in no particular order): ONE grüvis malt sound soldiers TWO andreas vollenweider dancing with the lion THREE béla fleck and the flecktones three flew over the cuckoo's nest FOUR pizzicato five happy end of the world FIVE radiohead kid a
liner notes: ONE a recent addition to my collection, grüvis has one of the most violently vibrant sounds i've heard in a long time, and there is enough genre flexibility in this album to last me a long time TWO been listening to vollenweider for years now; my latin teacher in h.s. brought me to him and i have loved his harp ever since. this was my first and favorite album of his THREE béla and the guys are amazing. this is their most radical album, and for that, i love it. every song is my favorite FOUR you have to have some happy in there somewhere. i once heard listening to this album compared to eating thirteen fistfulls of cotton candy all at once FIVE you should just read my review of amnesiac posted here to see how i feel about kid a
i like a lot of things, but this is roots.

dr-funk spoke on Jul 23, 2001 at 02:20 AM

This list probably changes daily. My favorite record is the one I'm playing at any given time, because that's what I felt like I needed to hear. But anyway, my list as of right now.

1: Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

This CD was (and still is) the anthem of my teenage years. If they ever make a movie about my life I'll force them to play as many songs from this CD as possible.
(Mellon Collie comes a close second but I figure it would be cheeting to put to many double CDs on my list)

2: Portishead - Prortishead

It's a sad but beautiful CD that blows my mind everytime I listen to it. Plus it's great gettin' it on music for when I hook up with a scantily clad Brooke Sheilds-type beach babe!

3:Beastie Boys - The Sounds of Science Anthology

It's got just about every Beastie Boys song you could want plus some awesome B-sides like Netty's Girl, Country Mike's Theme and other hard to find classics.
Remember: if it wasn't for the Beastie Boys, we'd all be sucking cock right now.

4:REM - Automatic for the People

This one helps me sleep at night. That's it.

5:Neil Young - Decade

This one reminds me of being a kid and trying to sleep while my parents were having parties in the back yard with friends. Invariablely someone would come in, drunk or something, and put this record on way to loud, forgetting that the kids were trying to sleep upstairs.

So there you have it. Some for memories, some for fun, and some for getting it on. I think it's a pretty well rounded collection but if I really had to choose, I'd probably encode a whack of my CDs into mp3s and by a mp3/cd player. It's cheating but whatever. I'm going to a deserted island, who gives a fuck!

crazydiamond spoke on Jul 23, 2001 at 07:05 AM

Excellent choices, dr funk.

RickySilk spoke on Jul 27, 2001 at 01:38 PM

Doh! Dr Funk is making me second guess my choices. CRIPES!

darknessfalls spoke on May 06, 2004 at 11:14 AM

1. Disturbed
2. Static X
3. System of a Down
4. Limp Bizkit- Significant other
5. Green Day- Nomrod

bapow1 spoke on May 06, 2004 at 12:22 PM

1) Debbie Does Dallas,
2) pink floyd the wall - movie
3) pulp fiction
4) Natural Born Killers
5) The best of MXC.

Reverend Jynxed spoke on May 06, 2004 at 02:58 PM

Hope you have a viewing screen along with that cd player :D

Reverend Jynxed spoke on May 06, 2004 at 03:52 PM

But to answer the question none.

I would pick no CDs because I don't have any fucking batteries and I don't expect there to be a fucking quickie mart with Abdul behind the damn register asking if I want a God damned slurpee when all I want is a damn pack of batteries knowing full well that if I got stuck on a deserted money and actually HAD any money to buy those non-existant fucking batteries I would have used the cash as kindling to start a fucking signal fire so I could get rescued and taken off that fucking island and meet Abdul's cousin Mohamed in the real fucking world and get that God damned slurpee and go back to my house and ocmputer and listen to my fucking MP3s.

Yaknow?

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